How much does it cost to release an album thats already been recorded?
Simply releasing would be relatively inexpensive. Major labels have their own distribution systems and those sales teams could quite easily offer Fiona’s album to retail. Retail then decides how many they will take based on a number of factors i.e. the marketing and promotion plan of the label, artist profile, accessibility of the music, etc. Essentially, if all those things are strong and retailers think they can sell a lot, they’ll take a large number of copies. Without all of that backing (i.e. financial commitment) from the label though, retail will probably only take a few copies and in that case, the album will probably die a quick death due to low visibility. If Sony doesn’t think the album will sell and are already in the red from recording costs, they will be hesitant to throw more money at it for marketing, etc. So they’ll just end up sitting on it until they can figure out what to do with it. My personal opinion is that they should put it out and get behind it. That is, inst
